Surprisingly Good

Rating: 8/10 (16 July 2013)

I went into the cinema to watch this with not much expectations - i figured that it was simply another "epic" sci fi movie with big robots and b grade actors...
However, while the list of actors wasn't the worlds most famous, they held up pretty well and delivered the story quite well - albeit a few corny lines, which i thought probably needed to be in there to cater to a wide variety of audiences! So tick off the list!
Big robots? The trailer made me thing of the Japanese anime gundam had come to life, and in all honesty, it pretty much did! The graphics, which apparently were 2-3 years ahead of their time and where the majority of the budget obviously was spent, was incredible. The detail was magnificent and each mech was well designed and not over the top! Technology that existed in the movie was really amazing and fitting for the time the movie was based!
Sci-Fi Epic? Well the movie has several international locations, huge man made mechas with guns, armour and the like, invading alien species and amazing special effects? Its a pretty damn good movie!